Analysis: The House Of The Spirits
While writing The House of the Spirits, Alba asserts, "I have to break that terrible chain. I want to think that my task is life and that my mission is not to prolong hatred but simply to fill these pages while I wait for Miguel, while I bury my grandfather, […] while I wait for better times to come, while I carry this child in my womb, the daughter of so many rapes or perhaps of Miguel, but above all, my own daughter" (Allende 432). It is noteworthy that Alba will never forget the sufferings she and her family have experienced. However, she will never give up hope of surviving and having a better future. Alba’s own struggle equals the struggles of all Latin American women, rewriting their own history, including their distinctive perception